{"id":2771,"date":"2026-06-24T17:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2771"},"modified":"2026-06-24T17:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:09:24","slug":"cottonwood-fire-destroys-southern-utah-ski-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2771","title":{"rendered":"Cottonwood Fire destroys southern Utah ski resort"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>After a day of swift growth, the Cottonwood Fire destroyed structures at the Eagle Point Resort, according to footage from a neighbor of the resort obtained by KSL.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2769\">Deseret News archives: America\u2019s Berlin Airlift was a success, with a sweet Utah twist<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fire, which ignited Monday evening, consumed thousands of acres and surpassed 31,000 acres by Tuesday night. The fire was 0% contained at that time, according to the U.S. Forest Service.<\/p>\n<p>Eagle Point Resort is a ski resort in the Tushar Mountains, which, according to its website, was established in the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Rafferty, President of Ski Utah, told KSL in a statement that Ski Utah was \u201cheartbroken by the situation facing Eagle Point Resort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn independent mountain and genuine community pillar, Eagle Point is a source of recreation, livelihoods and local identity for the region it calls home. The impact of this fire will be felt across Beaver County and throughout the Utah ski industry,\u201d Rafferty continued. \u201cOur gratitude goes to the firefighters, first responders and volunteers who have worked under extraordinarily difficult conditions to protect lives and structures in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cottonwood Fire is a major contributor to Utah\u2019s rising fire activity, surging to close out June and expanding eight times that of last week\u2019s acreage lost.<\/p>\n<p>More than 105,000 acres have now burned across Utah this year, as the total number jumped past the 100,000-acre mark on Tuesday, per data released by state and federal firefighters. That\u2019s compared to 13,300 acres burned, as of June 17.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2767\">Trump abruptly cancels signing of bipartisan housing bill until Sen. Lee election bill is passed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also nearly 65% of the total acreage burned throughout the state in 2025, which was the state\u2019s worst fire year in five years.<\/p>\n<p>Utah\u2019s weather forecast offers some relief, but also new challenges. A high-pressure system near the Texas Panhandle and a low-pressure system off the California coast are helping push scattered storms into Utah on Wednesday, said KSL meteorologist Matt Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we can get some rain over the Cottonwood Fire, that would help firefighters so much,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The system could also produce gusty winds and lightning, which may complicate firefighting efforts. More rain and thunderstorms are forecast throughout the state on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service also issued a fire weather watch for most of Utah, in effect from Friday afternoon to Saturday evening, due to a cold front expected to bring strong winds of 20-30 mph, with gusts up to 40-50 mph.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCritical fire weather conditions are expected,\u201d the agency warned. \u201cAny new fire starts or existing fires may spread rapidly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2765\">High school boys lacrosse: Deseret News 2026 6A All-State team<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Contributing:<\/b> Devan Masciulli and Kennedy Camarena<\/p>\n<p><i>This story will be updated. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cottonwood Fire continued to spread Wednesday after taking down Eagle Point Resort, a ski resort in southern Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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